Dylon has been umpiring for 5 years. At 15 he is an outstanding young umpire. In a ball crazy community Dillon can be found on the diamond almost every night of the week and working every local tournament. With 3 members of his family umpiring, there is always pressure to a good job. He umpires boys and girls ball from mosquito to midget. The highlights of umpiring include doing the final plate of mosquito A2 and first base of bantam A final on the same day this year.

Noah is in his second year of umpiring and is gaining recognition as one of the better young officials in the area. He combines his umpiring schedule along with playing Bantam baseball and is busy four nights a week either playing or officiating. His consistent game calling and confidence draws compliments for both home and away coaches such as "Noah did a great job yesterday (again/as usual)" and "Noah really saved the day for us" He umpires Mosquito and Peewee boys as well as Squirt and Peewee girls.

As a first year umpire in 2011, Jayden was selected to umpire the Mosquito AAA Atlantic Championships in Miramichi,NB. Majority of his umpiring experience has been gained at the Mosquito and Pee Wee competitive levels doing games/tournaments within the City. 2012 recipient of the NB Sports Legacy Award (NB Sports Hall of Fame -Regional Heritage Fair). In addition to being a sport enthusiast, Jayden has achieved the Principal's award for academic achievement for three years running and has been awarded a leadership certificate from his school.

Matthew has already accomplished a great deal in a very short period of time. Matthew won the Baseball Ontario's Dick Willis Memorial (Junior Umpire of the Year) award in 2011 and was included in the Guelph Mercury's 40 under 40 list for 2012. Matthew is still bantam age, yet regularly works bantam rep games. He was part of the crew that worked the Baseball Ontario Minor Bantam Championships in 2011. Matthew also worked home plate in the final of Guelph Minor Baseball's Minor Bantam tournament in June of this year. He even works games in the Guelph Adult Recreation League. Matthew is currently a level 2 umpire who will be eligible to become a level 3 umpire next season. Matthew works an average of about 80 games per season. In 2009 and 2010, Matthew won the Junior Umpire GMBA umpire of the year award. In 2011, Matthew was chosen as the InterCounty Baseball Association's Umpire of the year.

Attending first National Tournament (Bantam in Vaughn, Ontario) this summer - Has umpired the highest levels of baseball in Newfoundland, including the Junior and Senior Provincials, as well as worked with local minor baseball program St. John’s Minor ‘A’ Baseball. - Recently attended his first Baseball Canada Caravan in Moncton, New Brunswick (April 2012) - Obtained his Level IV Certification last summer.

Week of June 24, 2012

Province:

PE

Name:

Jonathan

Years Officiating:

5

Certification Level:

Level 3

Interests:

Jonathan participates in a wide variety of activities in his community. His passion is for baseball, which is likely why he enjoys umpiring so much. He is also an academic student, and he takes his studies very seriously.

Jonathan is currently in his sixth year of umpiring for the PEIBUA. He has earned a reputation around the province as a consistent umpire. He has worked many provincial championships at all levels from Mosquito right up to Midget. He is looking forward to many more years of umpiring and hopes to someday umpire at a national level.

Week of June 17, 2012

Province:

NS

Name:

Darcy

Years Officiating:

5

Certification Level:

Level 2

Interests:

Sports

Accomplishments:

Darcy has umpired many district and Provincial Championships in his young umpiring career up to and including the Bantam age group. He has shown a great attitude combined with his personality makes him the umpire everyone else wants to be on the field with.

Week of June 10, 2012

Province:

AB

Name:

Aaron

Years Officiating:

5

Certification Level:

Level 3

Interests:

Besides an interest in baseball and hockey, Aaron is very interested in graduating from high school this year. In his spare time, he volunteers as the Umpire Director as a member of the Board of the Sherwood Park Minor Baseball Association and is trying to support the officiating side of the sport in his community.

Aaron has always had a great love for the game of baseball. He played baseball until the Peewee Performance level when an arm injury prematurely ended his playing days. At that point, he decided to become an umpire and stay involved in the game. Aaron started working local house league games and quickly advanced to working higher level competitive and performance games. He worked his first Bantam Performance games last season and was selected to umpire the 2012 Bantam Competitive Provincial Championships in Carbon, Alberta after umpiring at the Mosquito and Peewee Championships in previous seasons. Aaron counts as a highlight in umpiring working a Fall League game where he called balls and strikes for Mike Johnson, former MLB and Team Canada pitcher. He attended his first Super Clinic this season and plans on working towards level 4 certification and continuing his umpire career as far as it will take him.

Simon has officiated in Boucherville the last 5 years. He enrolled at the Officials Academy where he impressed his teacher in class. He took the opportunity to improve his technique, his positioning and his understanding of the rules and regulations. At the beginning of the 2011 season, Simon has shown interest to attend the supervisor’s internship. Simon is noted for his seriousness, his professionalism and desire to learn and improve.

Last year, Simon set a goal to enter the Program of Excellence for 2012. He contacted his regional representative to inquire whether he could participate, but was unable to as there were only spots for two officials which were already filled. Simon was not discouraged by this and contacted Baseball Quebec to see what he could do to receive a recommendation for Excellence Program. That's when he was offered the opportunity to participate in the Bantam AA Showcase to be held in Trois-Riviéres in July. He was selected by the South Shore region to participate with four other officials from the region. During the showcase, Simon was one of two officials who received a recommendation for the Excellence Program.

Week of May 27, 2012

Province:

SK

Name:

Logan

Years Officiating:

4

Certification Level:

Level 2

Interests:

I’m interested in the drums, video games, hockey and I’m part of the Wascana Racing Canoe Club.

I’m Logan Plesniewicz, I am 14 years old and this is my 4th year in the Regina Baseball Umpiring Association and I am a level 2 umpire. I started umping when I was ten because my older brother did it, and when I was a kid I did a lot of things my brother did. I currently stay in the program for 2 things, the money and the love of the game. I have also worked the mosquito AA and AAA provincials and playoffs for a few years and also help out in most Regina tournaments. Plus I was the 2010 Regina Baseball Junior Official of the Year.

Week of May 20, 2012

Province:

BC

Name:

Mitchell

Years Officiating:

9

Certification Level:

Level 4

Interests:

In addition to Mitchell’s passion for umpiring, he is also a Level III Hockey Referee in the BC Hockey Above Minor Program. In his spare time Mitchell is an active volunteer at the North Delta Community Police Station.

Week of May 13, 2012

Province:

ON

Name:

Evan

Years Officiating:

9

Certification Level:

Level 3

Interests:

Evan is a baseball enthusiast. He has been playing since Junior Rookie Ball and has just recently given up his summer team to take on Umpiring full time. When off the field, Evan can be seen spending time on a squash court, his other favorite sport. He can also be found watching MLB and keeping avid track of his fantasy team.

Evan received a full academic scholarship for 4 years to the prestigous Crescent School in Toronto, Ontario. After he graduated, he was offered a partial academic scholarship to the University of Victoria. Evan has been umpiring since he was 9 years old out of Bond Park in Toronto. The only thing that held Evan back from doing more games, was that he was playing rep ball himself. Now that Evan is 19, he is taking in a range of games from all levels and from all over the province. He also is an umpire scheduler. Evan has won multiple MVP awards in his Rep career. He is currently entering his 4th year of Level 3 umpiring.

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